Neri Marcorè Pays Homage to Giorgio Gaber with 'Mi fa male il mondo' at Teatro Carcano

Neri Marcorè is performing 'GABER – Mi fa male il mondo' at Milan's Teatro Carcano, a tribute to Giorgio Gaber and Sandro Luporini. Directed by Giorgio Gallione, the show revives the teatro-canzone genre, blending monologues and songs. Marcorè, dressed in black with a red shirt, recites prose and quotes from Italo Calvino, Enrico Berlinguer, Lucio Dalla, and Gianni Rodari, while four pianists—Eugenia Canale, Lorenzo Fiorentini, Eleonora Lana, Francesco Negri—perform Gaber's songs rearranged by Paolo Silvestri. The set features a black room with walls covered in newspapers and piled pianos. The show includes tracks like 'Mi fa male il mondo,' 'La festa,' and 'Qualcuno era comunista' (diplomatically edited). Silvestri notes that Gaber and Luporini wrote songs each summer, likening their process to classical composers. The 80-minute performance evokes nostalgia but lacks Gaber's original energy and biting irony. The tour stop at Teatro Carcano references Gaber's 1992 album recorded at the same venue.